SECTION 8 . - Term and Termination Date.

(a) This Franchise Agreement shall be effective for a term of ten (10) years from the effective date of this Franchise Agreement. Thereafter, this Franchise Agreement will renew for one (1) additional ten (10) year term, unless either party notifies the other party in writing of its intent to terminate or renegotiate this Franchise Agreement not less than one hundred eighty (180) days before the termination of the then-current term. The additional term shall be deemed a continuation of the Franchise Agreement and not a new Franchise Agreement or amendment.

(b)

Upon written request of the City or Level 3, this Franchise Agreement shall be renegotiated at any time upon either of the following events: (i) any change in federal, state, or local laws, ordinances, regulations, orders, or rules that materially affects any rights or obligations of either the City or Level 3 under this Franchise Agreement; or (ii) notice is given not less than one hundred eighty (180) days before the termination of the then-current term.

(c)

If any clause, sentence, section, or provision of K.S.A. 17-1901 et seq., and any amendments thereto, shall be held to be invalid by any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, provided such order is not stayed, either the City or Level 3 may elect to request an amendment to the Franchise Agreement to be consistent with the order, unless the Franchise Agreement cannot be reasonably amended to remain a valid agreement in light of the order, in which event either the City or Level 3 may elect to terminate the entire Franchise Agreement. In the event of such invalidity and termination, if either the City or Level 3 is required by law to enter into a new agreement or an Ordinance Franchise with the other, the parties agree to act in good faith to promptly negotiate a new agreement or an Ordinance Franchise.